Christall Lowe - Food Stories

Christall Lowe - Food Stories Award-winning cookbooks KAI and KAI FEAST. NZ Food Photographer of the year. Food Stylist & Photographer, Chef, Recipe developer, Author. Hello. Kia ora. Welcome! xx

I'm Christall Lowe - Mama of three, wife to one. Obsessive compulsive creative. Happy snapper of life and loves. Serial entrepreneur. Lover of simple and beautiful. By day I'm a Mama, housewife, interior architect, artist, designer, inventor, stylist, maker, foodie and nutrition passionista. By night I'm all of that too, because creativity (and an overactive mind) never sleeps. Jack of all trades,

master of none? Nope. Just one living, breathing, walking creative process. Under the Kowhai Tree is my happy place. And this blog is a curation of my life. I do what I love. I love what I do. I love the real deal. Locally grown. Honest people. Handmade. The smell of real leather. Home cooked. Freshly squeezed. Free range. Authentic. Made by hand. Made with heart. Welcome to my lifestyle blog, where I share about food and parenting, design and home making, life and loves. Let's talk. Let's share. Let's cheer each other on.

I flew to Queenstown for work - a photo shoot for a chef - and couldn’t help but be mesmerised by the ever changing land...
06/05/2026

I flew to Queenstown for work - a photo shoot for a chef - and couldn’t help but be mesmerised by the ever changing landscape below. Like a painting! I’ve flown over the Andes in South America a few times, which was also breathtaking, but the landscape here in Aotearoa is something special. These are just iPhone pics, and I must say - the ole phone actually did the view justice 👌🏾👌🏾🤎🤎

16/03/2026

EDIT: It didn’t even work 😂 It worked in the Edits app but not when it was posted - LOL

Well this is pretty neat!! Did you know you can tap on the little vids on the screen and it’ll take you to the original reel? Try it!

And yes, I appear to have been quiet in this suburb of the internet lately - but I’ve been anything but. I’ve had a LOT going on behind the scenes….including cookbook number THREE, exhibition planning, a new brand and product line, and a whole lot more that I can’t talk about 😆😅 (yet)

One last peek through the letter slot and keyhole. One last tap on the piano keys. And one last moment sitting on the wi...
26/02/2026

One last peek through the letter slot and keyhole.
One last tap on the piano keys.
And one last moment sitting on the window seat in the big lounge, in awe of how fifty people could regularly fit in here for a big whānau celebration.
As I spent time capturing little details I also peeled back wallpaper and lifted corners of carpet….which uncovered memories that had been kept in storage for a while. The green wallpaper in the front room that always had the scary dolls on the neatly made beds. The original carpet rug in the main lounge, threadbare in front of the long-disused open fireplace.
80 years of whānau memories under this roof 💚💚

10/12/2025

I took my banoffee cheesecake and my kūmara ginger crunch cheesecake….and turned it into BRANDY SNAP CHEESECAKE. Yes, that’s right.
It is SO GOOD.
Make it in small glasses or ramekins because it’s super gorgeous, and it doesn’t take long to set!
I’ll post the recipe in the comments 🧡🧡

Sunset swims and crazy reflections 🌅🌊🥰 With November comes a lot of lasts, as our eldest finishes high school 😳😳 and get...
12/11/2025

Sunset swims and crazy reflections 🌅🌊🥰
With November comes a lot of lasts, as our eldest finishes high school 😳😳 and gets ready to move onto university 🥹🥹 A university which is so far away! Treasuring all these moments while the crew is still all together 🧡🧡🧡✨✨✨

It is WILD seeing your work out in the wild 😮‍💨😍Burger Welly billboards are around Wellington now! This absolutely delic...
15/07/2025

It is WILD seeing your work out in the wild 😮‍💨😍
Burger Welly billboards are around Wellington now!
This absolutely delicious job I did a few months ago, styling and shooting burgers for for the theme FOOD IS LOVE….are now adorning the city. Have you seen any? Burger Wellington hits Wellington in August, get your tastebuds ready 🌟🌟

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